Leicester City boss Craig Shakespeare has admitted he has had to change his plans for the opening game of the season at Arsenal after Vicente Iborra picked up an injury in training.

The Spanish midfielder, who joined City from Sevilla in a £12million move earlier in the summer, was in line to make his Premier League debut at the Emirates Stadium until he picked up a groin strain in training yesterday.

Iborra has undergone a scan on the injury and City are waiting for the results to determine the severity.

But while Shakespeare said he is not expecting it to be too bad, he knows he will definitely be without the experienced player this week and possible for the first home game of the season against Brighton next weekend.

'We have enough strength in depth'

Shakespeare was already without influential midfielder Danny Drinkwater because of a thigh strain, but he said they have enough strength in depth to cope.

“I am just waiting on the scan results, but I expect that type of injury to be no longer than seven to 14 days,” said Shakespeare.

“If you could have seen Vicente’s face this morning. We had a little chat. Obviously he is gutted but I think he is experienced enough to know he will get over this quickly.

Robert Huth training with Leicester City during the first week of pre-season

“Of course it has to (change his plans) because I am without a very experienced midfield player but we have enough strength in depth to deal with it.”

There was positive news for Shakespeare though as £25m signing Kelechi Iheanacho is fit after injuring his toe last Friday, but Shakespeare said he may not be fit enough to last a full 90 minutes.

Islam Slimani has also returned to full training after having seven stitches in a gash at the back of his leg and could be involved.

Iheanacho is fully recovered

“Kelechi is over his toe injury and is fully fit,” said Shakespeare.

“I have to manage that and see and talk to the player. Whether he can last 90 minutes we will have to have a discussion about that.

“He has been training in the last few days and looks sharp, which is pleasing for us.

“Islam has returned to training. It was in an awkward place just behind his knee. I think he had seven stitches in total. It was a nasty injury really.

“I am not blaming the tackle at the time because I think it was just an unfortunate situation. He is slowly getting back.

“He has joined in training in the last few days and we just need to get him sharp. Iit was a nasty injury that does stops the mobility of the leg and the knee fully bending. He will be involved.”

Robert Huth has returned to training ahead of schedule after ankle surgery and could make his comeback in the under-23s on Monday, but Harry Maguire is set to make his debut at Arsenal alongside skipper Wes Morgan.

“Robert Huth is back in full training, which is a real plus for us because we thought Robert would be out longer, but he’s joined in and he will get some game-time with the under-23s on Monday, which is well ahead of schedule,” said Shakespeare. “He’s raring to go.”

“Papy Mendy is back training. We get one or two back, we lose one or two – that’s the way the world is at the moment in terms of the injuries.”